Formation and mixed-valent behaviour of a substituted tetraferrocenylstannane

Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Jul 7;46(25):4490-2. doi: 10.1039/c0cc00227e. Epub 2010 Apr 21.

Abstract

A tetrasubstituted tetraferrocenylstannane is formed from 1-bromoferrocene-1'-carboxylic acid methyl ester and copper bronze. The molecular structure is almost perfectly tetrahedral with FeFe distances of around 6 A. In solution two sequential one-electron processes and one two-electron process are indicative of mixed-valent intermediates. Intermetallic interactions have been probed by preparative oxidation, paramagnetic NMR spectroscopy, Mössbauer spectroscopy, UV/Vis/NIR spectroscopy and DFT calculations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Ferrous Compounds / chemical synthesis*
  • Ferrous Compounds / chemistry*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Structure
  • Tin Compounds / chemistry*

Substances

  • Ferrous Compounds
  • Tin Compounds
  • stannane